The Putnam Museum and Science Center has a new exhibit. “Animal Armor: The Evolution of Armor in Dinosaurs and Prehistoric ...

On land, the slowest-moving animal would likely be the banana slug, which moves at the extremely leisurely pace of 0.006 ...

Have you ever felt like your dog had a sixth sense? We know they have outstanding hearing (they’re at our door waiting when we’re a mile away from home) and an unbelievable sense of smell. But they ...

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Zebrafish enjoy exploring new objects. Garter snakes know their own scents. Octopuses will seek out pain relief, and fruit flies sleep best around other fruit flies. “Animals learn things, they’re ...

Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work has previously appeared on MTV, The Frisky, Vice, and Best Friends Magazine. Curiosity Stream/YouTube ...

Before the mid-1960s, it was widely believed that all dinosaurs were cold-blooded, slow-moving animals. But in the summer of 1964, a team of paleontologists led by John Ostrom discovered Deinonychus, ...

Washington, DC—Last month, both the National Institutes of Health and the US Food and Drug Administration announced plans to phase out the use of animals in scientific research. The Animal Welfare ...

Presented by Little Ray’s Exhibitions, a new exhibit named Survival of the Slowest will feature animals like sloths, tortoises and a tarantula. The exhibit will teach guests about how these ...